[Currier & Ives] Hand-Colored Lithograph The Battle of the Wilderness c.1864

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[Currier & Ives]  Hand-Colored Lithograph   The Battle of the Wilderness   c.1864
Original Hand-Colored Currier & Ives Lithograph
Print Entitled
The Battle of the Wilderness, Va. May 5
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& 6
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1964
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New York: Currier & Ives, [No date, circa 1864]. Small foilo, measuring approximately 10 x 13.5 inches and matted to an overall size of approx. 14 x 18 inches.
With four-line caption:
This was one of the most desperate Battles of modern times, and was fought between the gallant “Army of the Potomac” under the immediate command of that great Hero, Lieut. Genl. U.S. Grant, and the “Rebel Army of Virginia” under Lee and others. – On Wednesday May 4
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the “Army of the Potomac” crossed the Rapidan, and on the 5
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attacked the Rebels with great fury, and after two days of desperate fighting, in which the losses on both sides were immense, The Rebel Army was compelled to retreat. – Then commenced that famous march “by the left flank,” which culminated in the Capture of Richmond, and the downfall of the Rebellion.
Light scattered foxing and toning; tape repairs to verso. Very good.
LWC-00037A
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